Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Body

Most religions have theories on astral projection, concerning the transition of the human spirit between different planes of existence. There has to be somewhere for the essence of a person to go as it awaits the next phase of its development. Christianity supports a state of Limbo, while the Hindu religion is based on the caste system, where the person is re-incarnated based on their position in society. In Buddhism, transcendental meditation is the solution to a person's restless soul. The commonality between beliefs is that the spirit is expected to exit its present vessel and soar outside of the body.

It has been recorded that people have had out-of-body experiences when near death or in states of deep meditation. For these people, the experience is life-changing and has a great affect on their outlook. That can be easily understood because such observations can drastically alter what a person has been taught in their life. They are suddenly in a position to question the authoritarian views that are presented to them throughout their education, and must admit that their contemporaries don't have all the answers. In fact, there is always the nagging suspicion that they are continually being lied to, as different groups attempt to gain a following.

That puts people in the position of having to take sides. Do they want to discount any observation that is not reasonable to them, because they did not personally see it, or have no scientific proof? Or do they want to choose what unproven belief system to adopt based on faith? Or do they just choose to ignore the unexplained?

So many options!